My 2010 Prius Causing Me Back Problems!

bad back defined as I slipped on black ice and flew into the air and my spine came crashing down onto the edge of a concrete stair from about 7 feet up!
I was lucky not to be paralyzed for life! I fractured my back between the L4 and L5. I have almost constant Sciatica in my left leg. Yep I'm a bit overweight at about 200 lbs. But I used to exercise a lot even after the accident, until my back locked up and I was housebound for almost 3 months and had virtually no help at that time. Once the pain subsided since I can't have pain killers I was able to get pool therapy. But my back has locked up a few times and it's pretty scary since I basically can't move. This happened when I was sea kayaking in the Charles River in Boston! Not fun. So it's a bigger issue that just being overweight. Losing weight certainly would help and i'm working on that.

 

Thanks I do appreciate the thought.
You're welcome to buy it but I think you're holding off for a while and keeping your older model.
Back pain is a killer for me and I can't take pain killers.
I just have to hope my title comes in soon, so I can sell the car and find something else to buy. I have no idea what at this time.
The 2010 Prius was my 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice!

 

Thanks
Wow you've been through some very rough stuff yourself!
My gosh I know exactly how you must have felt!
Did they suggest fusing your back? They wanted to do that to me but I refused, after reading up on it.
I had about 5 months of therapy after I was able to move somewhat.
I hate to sell my Prius II but sitting here in pain is a big motivator........

 

+5 on that one!
i can barely move, can't type or use my left arm. trying to get better but it's going to take time. you are right you really need to get better before you adjust things but everytime i drive the car i get worse no matter what i do. my wife is going to be driving me in her honda fit this weekend when we go out.
gotta take a break can't type or sit up any more.

 

good advice! i've been trying to replace our old mattress with a new one for almost 2 years now. my 84 year old aunt doesn't want it replaced.
it's difficult taking care of her because of things like that.
i need to get to the doctor and find out what to do. i'm hoping next week. they usually have me do pool work but i'm not a member up here and it's hard to find the time to do it everyday.
i will have to do something soon.
thanks

 

well it's my aunts house as much as it's mine. that is a factor and as some people age they tend to nag a lot and be very difficult. that's my aunt every day!
if i laid down on the floor i'd never get up, i have no use of my left arm and had maybe 2 hours sleep last night.
my poor wife would wake up every time i'd react to the pain from moving my arm too much. good news is my back feels a bit better, my arm is worse.

 

wow brad that's really terrible! i can totally understand what you are going through and i know how it feels when the back goes out. i was out for 3 months because of that. i also had a brace but it was such a hassle and even worse afterf 4-5 hours it would hurt to wear it! in my house being laid up with back problems means you're lazy.
back pain can't be seen and that makes it harder. my aunt is intolerant of such things. i hope you are able to control your back problems through exercise. i tried that but i worry i might lock my back up again.
also i had a lot less back problems when i lived in the philippines. the heat and humidity helped a lot and i walked a lot and i lost 30 lbs. since the heat makes you not want to eat. i'm more than twice your age and i can't imagine suffering like this at 23 years of age! i hope you are able to findsome strategy that works for you. at least you have a supportive family and that makes a huge difference. my wife is ultra supportive my aunt seems to find problems to stress me with.
what kind of prius do you have or are you looking at a gen 3?

 

thanks i will give them a call on monday.

 

i'm not sleeping in the same room.
it's just that she hates any kind of change done to the house. it took a year to get a new couch in here, the old one was 40 years old and was painful to sit on, i felt like it was made of concrete potato's.